How do we know what we know?" and "Colonial Legacies Pt I: Native Peoples and the Conquest.

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Discussion Essay #1 Prompt -How do we Know What weKnow? and Colonial Legacies Pt. I: Native Peoples and Conquest(Both parts to be posted in Discussion Board by this title)Read all of your lecture notes and readings and see and take notes on our films through week 2, clipped here:From week 1: Handouts/articles/film in Canvas on “How do we Know What we Know?”:“The Secret Death of Pete Ray” (short LA Times article), “How Youtube Radicalized Brazil (Links to an external site.)” by Max Fisher, NYT, Aug. 11, 2019 “Confederate Statues and ‘Our’ History (Links to an external site.)” by Eric Foner, NYT 8/2017, and AHA Statement on Confederate Monuments (Links to an external site.)(2017) *Film clips: “Documenting Hate: Charlottesville (Links to an external site.)” (2018; see first 19 minutes)From week 2: Colonial Legacies, Pt I: Native, European, and African Formation of the Americasfrom Conquest to Independence (our Globalization 1.0)Read: Chasteen, Born in Blood and Fire, ch. 2 “Encounter,”Problems in Modern Latin American History (5th ed.) (Wood and Alexander from here out)1-3 Chapter I. “Legacies of Colonialism” (intro)*3-7 “Worlds Collide in Tenochtitlan” by Camila Townsend*7-12 “Assessing Indian Labor” by Kris Lane*21-25 “The Myth of Spanish Completion” by Mathew Restall*See & take copious notes on films in Canvas: “Guns, Germs & Steel,” and“Engineering an Empire: the Aztec”Then write a two-part essay that addresses the following:PART I (one important idea from quote, one important idea from articles):From week one readings and films: After having carefully read all of our articles on “How do we know what we know,” choose one major theme or idea that emerges from these articles (you can focus on one articles after having read them all) and tell us how that theme is important for the study of the Modern Americas. Similarly, after having read the quotes on p. 8 of your syllabus and thought deeply about the multiple ways they force us to think about what we know (or what we think we know) and the ways that we have come to “know what we know”, choose one quote that resonates with you (that you like or that you find meaningful) and tell us why this quote is important for our learning. (Total length of this part: two well developed paragraphs)PART II (one big idea from readings and films):From week two readings and films: write a well-developed essay in which you address the following:From the short articles in Wood and Alexander, ch. I on Colonial Legacies, describe for us all of the ways that one of those short articles in “Problems in Modern Latin American History” (Townsend’s on the Conquest, for example, or Lane’s on Indigenous Labor, you choose one…) is important for our understanding of Latin America during the colonial era. Tell us about the different ways that different groups of people from Natives to Africans experienced colonialism (both of our books discuss this). Be sure to provide historical context from the rest of our readings (especially Chasteen’s ch. 2) and our films. *Some of you still have not received your copy of our reader “Problems in Modern Latin American History” that you’ve ordered. If this is the case with you, choose one big idea from Chasteen’s “Born in Blood and Fire”, ch. 2, Encounters, and our films “Engineering an Empire: the Aztec” and “Guns, Germs and Steel,” and tell us why that idea is important to our understanding of Latin America ((Total length of this part: two well developed paragraphs)Length of this whole essay: four well developed paragraphs with specific examplesSubmit both parts together in Canvas (just label each part: Part I, Part II). Write your essay in a word processing program so you can always have a copy. After you’ve proofread it and spell-checked it (this is formal writing- please no “text-ese” and capitalize when appropriate), select all of your text, copy it, paste it to the appropriate Discussion Forum and submit it (use a 12 pt font). Discussion Forums do not accept attachments so that everyone can read each other’s essays seamlessly without downloading files and we can respond to each other.Response Essay (mandatory). You are also required to respond to at least one other student’s original essay during the same time period (see the due date for the “Response Essay”- it is usually 3 days from the due date of your original essay). You can amplify on a point made, raise a related point, discuss the issue in relation to other documents, agree or disagree with supporting evidence (in a constructive way), and/or raise new informed questions that we should all think about. One or two thoughtful, well-developed, and well-supported paragraphs should suffice for your response. Be aware of the due date for that as well.Format/Works cited: Because you’re using our films, our books and our documents, just cite which ones you’re using: which film; which book (with page number); and which document (from which book and what page). No need for a ‘works cited’ page here. Style: History and Social Sciences use the Chicago Manual of style. Here is the link (Links to an external site.). English uses MLA. Here is the link to their manual of style (Links to an external site.). Which format you use is your choice so long as it is consistent.DUE: See the announcement that came with this. Due date is also posted in the Discussion Forum.Your grading rubric, clipped from your syllabus:GRADING Rubric for Essays, Discussion Posts and ExamsYour discussion postings, papers and exams will be graded on how well you achieve the following. Remember, this is formal writing.90-100 A range. Provides a solid argument with deep historical background and strong connections to readings. References readings – quotes or paraphrasing- with citations. Shows thorough understanding of concepts in question. Shows deep analysis of topic. Shows complexity and critical thinking.80-89 B range. Provides a coherent argument with historical background and connections. References some readings and shows a good understanding of the concepts in question.70-79 C range. Student’s basic effort. Restates topic with little background and analysis. Need to go beyond summary and recitation and make connections to the rest of your readings. Need to reference readings. Need to show more complexity.

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